Parti Amamah Negara (Amanah) members are falling victim to "extremist actions" of PAS members and supporters, claimed the fledgling political party’s vice-president Mujahid Yusof Rawa.

The Parit Buntar lawmaker and former PAS central committee member likened this to the characteristics of terror network Islamic State (IS).

Speaking at a press conference in Parliament today, he said Amanah members are being abused verbally and on Facebook on a daily basis as a result of the seeds of extremism planted in society.

He added that there were incidents where PAS members or followers went directly to houses of Amanah members and called them “infidels and hypocrites” and even slashed tyres of cars.

"We have identified some (who attacked us) as PAS members or who are pro-PAS. While we do not have precise facts and figures, many such cases have happened in Terengganu, Perak and Penang.

"These people think they have the absolute truth and label them (Amanah members) as deviant, hypocrites and infidels for being different from them.

“These self-righteous notions are very dangerous as this is how IS was built up. These people feel they are always correct and others are wrong," he said.

Citing also the incident where Amanah leaders were asked to divorce their spouses for leaving PAS, Mujahid said this mindset was similar to IS.

"If this is not curbed, this ideology will spread,” he warned.

Hadi's silence

Mujahid also claimed that PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang's silence indicated that he is not opposed to such actions.

"If the leaders keeps quiet, I would believe they are okay with such behaviour.

"To my knowledge, he (Hadi) has not made any statements to advise his followers to control themselves," he said.

According to Mujahid, Hadi's house is just a few doorsteps away from the house of Terengganu Amanah chief leader Mohd Sufian Mat Ali in Kampung Rusila, where a motorist drove by on Nov 22, and hurled abusive words at his father.

In the press conference, Mujahid also named factors that led to terrorism, including the ongoing wars in Western Asia, economic factors and colonisation in Islamic countries.

Also not knowing how certain religious groups spread their extremist ideology would allow them to carry out terrorist activities, he said, adding that interpreting Quranic verses out of context could cause anti-establishment attitudes.

Authorities should curb these "pre-terrorism" activities and ideology, he added.

He also proposed a parliamentary select committee be set up to deal with the spread of extremist ideology.